A danger of a school shooting has locked down Broward County Schools. 260,000 pupils are within the Broward County class district, and at least seventeen schools are under lockdown. The e-mailed threat also mentioned Broward County govt buildings, possibly post offices or libraries.
Lockdown in schools in Broward County, Florida
The Fort Lauderdale suburb of Pembroke Pines is where the first Florida school lockdown started. The lockdown was then expanded to include all 17 schools and 260,000 students in the school district. Nadine Drew, as the school spokesman, said the schools are "operating as normal as possible" since then. Lockdowns mean that moving in or out of school building and even classrooms is prohibited. The plan is for the lockdown to stay until it is safe. Police have to clear the buildings.
Broward County, Florida gets a threat
A woman called a radio station saying her husband had been "going to a school to start a shooting" which is why the schools were shut down. Broward authorities got an email from the station too. "Something big had been going to happen" around government buildings according to the email. There haven't been identities confirmed yet for the man or wife. The threat, nevertheless, is no longer considered serious.
All about school lockdowns
The practice of “locking down” schools is relatively new. Now "lockdown drills" are common. These happen within the U.S. and Canada. Teachers and students are generally not allowed to get out of their classroom in a lockdown. This will restrict people from moving. Everybody can be safe this way. The Broward County school district has about 300 schools and has been holding lockdown drills for the last few years.
Articles cited
MSNBC
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ABC News
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=12108996
USA Today
content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/11/broward-county-schools-locked-down-after-threat/1
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